In the desperate actions of these friends of the paralyzed man, Jesus saw the very thing that His love awakens in us that permits His power to be released in our lives…

What happens when we actually recognize that the power of the Lord is present to heal?

I believe God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit were in tears by this point. Then Jesus, who would eventually be the real sacrifice, wiping the tears from His face, says, “I’ll tell him.”

Can you see Abraham’s trembling hand as he takes the wood and places it on his son Isaac? Then suddenly the scene flashes forward to…

What could God possibly be trying to teach us as fathers through the experience of this journey with Abraham and Isaac, by a request that seems so cruel?